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Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life

Jun. 25, 2024 09:47 AM EDT

Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her most personal yet. Simon and Schuster announced Tuesday that Clinton’s “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life,...

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Jun. 20, 2024 14:19 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Swan Song" by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 2. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 3. “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) ...

Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun will have memoir out in 2025

Jun. 20, 2024 08:05 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will have a memoir out next year. Hanover Square Press, a HarperCollins Publishers imprint, announced Thursday that Moseley Braun's “Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics” is...

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Jun. 18, 2024 12:56 PM EDT

Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio) 3. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, narrated by Richard Poe...

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Jun. 14, 2024 12:14 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Eruption" by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 2. “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 3. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 4. “You Like It Darker” by Stephen King (Scribner) ...

Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards

Jun. 13, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Author-activist Naomi Klein won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction on Thursday with “Doppelganger,” a personal account of her plunge into the world of online misinformation. Its sister award, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, went to U.S. writer V. V....

Book Review: 'Swole' explores what masculinity could be in a hyperconnected, TikTok-imaged world

Jun. 12, 2024 17:54 PM EDT

Author Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book “Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscles” in an effort to show the readers that the overly online world of hypermasculinity is an illusion and what a man can be is what you...

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Jun. 06, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 2. “You Like It Darker” by Stephen King (Scribner) 3. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 4. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry (Berkley) ...

Colson Whitehead's 'Crook Manifesto' wins $50,000 Gotham Prize for outstanding book about NYC

Jun. 05, 2024 08:07 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead's latest literary honor feels very much at home. The author's “Crook Manifesto,” a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and centered on a beleaguered furniture store owner, is this year's winner of the Gotham Book Prize for an outstanding work about...

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May. 30, 2024 11:33 AM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “You Like It Darker” by Stephen King (Scribner) 2. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 3. “Mind Games” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin's) 4. “Heavenbreaker (deluxe ltd. ed.” by Sara Wolf (Red...